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Re: BNSF new paint
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:09:05 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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Hey, Lar, he’s saying we are old! ***SCHOOL*** :-P
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;-)
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With regards the blue tiger, I have to say that stylistically it just doesn’t
float my boat, my preferences are things like this angular German
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You’d have to admit though that doing it’s front windscreeen will be TRICKY.
While mentally designing it I’ve been thinking of using some 1 x 6 arch bricks
placed upside down; but that’s half the job. Then you have to figure out how
youre gonna do the glass.
HoMa’s Model of that one (or something similar) was in a class of it’s own.
I like this one, a bit on the chunky side, but still nice. This is the kind of
situation where James Mathis’ wheel shrouds should come in very handy.
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BUT, ugly locos are interesting and more fun to model,
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Can’t disagree with you there... I KNOW I liked building the WDP-4 :-)
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their own charm, for example I also love the British
BR
Class 37 especially in dirty faded BR blue like this one!
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Wait- This looks like the Deltic 55... what’s the difference?
Legoswami Samarth
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| Snip (...) A lot of the British diesel designs of the 50's and 60's had the nose, which is probably their most distinctive design element. As well as the (URL) Deltic> (class 55) and 37, the classes (URL), (URL) 44>, (URL) 45>, and (URL) 46> also (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Hey, Lar, he's saying we are old! :-P Tim With regards the blue tiger, I have to say that stylistically it just doesn't float my boat, my preferences are things like this angular German (URL) DB 185> or the more rounded Swiss (URL) BLS 465>. (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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